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42755

ZIP 42755 is in Leitchfield, Kentucky, in Grayson County; area code 270; Central time. Leitchfield has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 42754.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Grayson
Metro area
none
Coordinates
37.4801, -86.2939

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 42754, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 42755 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42755
  • 🔢 Type 42755 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SSLZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,755 = 5 × 17 × 503. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010011100000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42754 (Leitchfield, KY, 1 mi away) and 42757 (Magnolia, KY, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42755 becomes 55724 — and that is a real ZIP code: Cotton, MN, 737 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24557, 25547, 27455, 27545, 45275, 47525, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57452 in Java, SD, 894 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
  • 🎯682 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42755 and you would come out at 37.48°S, 93.71°E — 1,311 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 45m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 34m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees191This ZIP191
Annual payroll$5,284,000This ZIP$5,284,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 42755

ZIPCityDistance
42754 Leitchfield, KY 1.2 mi
42762 Millwood, KY 5.7 mi
42726 Clarkson, KY 8.8 mi
42712 Big Clifty, KY 9.3 mi
40152 Mc Daniels, KY 11.9 mi
42721 Caneyville, KY 12.0 mi
40145 Hudson, KY 12.1 mi
42207 Bee Spring, KY 12.9 mi
42732 Eastview, KY 14.0 mi
42285 Sweeden, KY 14.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42755?

42755 is in Leitchfield, Kentucky, in Grayson County. Its published point location is 37.4801, -86.2939.

What county is 42755 in?

42755 lies in Grayson County.

What area code is 42755?

Leitchfield uses area code 270, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 42755 in?

42755 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 42755?

The closest are 42754 (1.2 mi), 42762 (5.7 mi), 42726 (8.8 mi), 42712 (9.3 mi) and 40152 (11.9 mi).

Is 42755 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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